Dunkin Donuts has the edge when it comes to their coffee, but for a real religious experience nothing and I mean nothing compares to a fresh out of the oven Krispy Kreme doughnut. Those things will give your mouth an orgasm.

gridlocksammy:Dunkin Donuts has the edge when it comes to their coffee, but for a real religious experience nothing and I mean nothing compares to a fresh out of the oven Krispy Kreme doughnut. Those things will give your mouth an orgasm.

So much this. My best KK story. Was in Vegas for the first time. There was a KK in the Excalibur, went there one morning after a Night in Vegas got two doughnuts. They were taken directly from the production line, put in a box and handed to me. Was one of the most fantastic things I've eaten.

Most of its existing stores are owned by franchisees abroad. There are 506 international Krispy Kremes, including the first store in India, which opened this week. Saudi Arabia, with 95, has the most.

What other US-based brands are more successful overseas than in the US?

Krispy Kreme did very poorly in Australia and closed stores.There are recent years were McDonnalds made more profit in Australia than they did in the USA considering the 13 fold size difference. Subway, KFC and Burger King have done very well downunder but Taco Bell was a failure and couldn't operate in Vic due to their name being too close to Taco Bill. There were rumors that Quiznos failed due to poor management from a local company called Wendys that sells hot dogs and ice cream. I wonder why more franchises don't try to take over the local market.

gridlocksammy:Dunkin Donuts has the edge when it comes to their coffee, but for a real religious experience nothing and I mean nothing compares to a fresh out of the oven Krispy Kreme doughnut. Those things will give your mouth an orgasm.

We used to have two KK in my city here (around 250k), and they both closed down a few years ago, so, will be interesting to see if they reopen somewhere here with that expansion. The one building was already taken by a McAllister's Deli, which is a better thing to have anyway. Sounds like they want to be in smaller footprints anyway.

Mr. Coffee Nerves:Didn't they try this already and fail? I seem to remember a big push here in the northeast from Krispy Kreme that withered and died against the monolith that is Dunkin' Donuts.

Pretty much this. All the stores they opened in the NE flourished from the novelty for a small time, then got whomped when people discovered they wanted an actual donut and not the equivalent of eating a (granted a very nice and tasty) sugary cloud. Then there was DD's coffee, which fuels most if not all New Englanders.

KK is great, don't get me wrong. It was sufficiently different that the donuts never caught on.

The average is 38? holy shiat. I'm at 34 and feel like a fatass, have you people no shame? I know why I don't lose weight, because I eat and drink whatever the fark I want, I restrict that shiat and it goes away.

The Columbia KK is literally right around the corner from the house, so on Saturday and Sunday mornings, we're there - but DDs has better donuts (not quite as teeth-itchingly sweet) and a better selection, so once a month or so I make the fifteen-mile round trip to the only DD in town.

Hey Krispy Kreme, didn't you try this about 12 years ago? All of your shops near me were gone by '06.Not hating.....I always make time to stop at the KK in Charlotte (WOOOOO) North Carolina on my way down south.